Hoglet Rescue

We had high drama in the garden yesterday when I found a baby hedgehog flaked out in the iris border. It was so still at first I thought the poor little thing was dead, but upon closer inspection I noticed he was still breathing. It was really hot out there at mid day and certainly no place for a nocturnal creature to be. So we gently popped him into a bucket and took him into the orangery where it was nice and cool, having found him more suitable accommodation in a crate with a saucer of water we left him alone to see if he would recover. Thankfully after about an hour he was moving around quite energetically and having drinks of water, so we took him into the woods and set him free in a shady area. I do hope he will be all right. I think these little beasts are most charming, but unfortunately they are dying out at about the same rate as tigers. So if you see one in distress the best thing you can do is give them water and let them rest. Dog or cat food is fine for them to eat, but never ever give them milk as it upsets their tummies.

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"Hope is the expectation that something outside of ourselves, something or someone external, is going to come to our rescue and we will live happily ever after"
Dr Robert Anthony